Abstract
Humanity needs sustainable solutions for all aspects of life to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Traditional territorial planning models also need development to ensure more nature’s quality and landscape-centered planning process. Landscape carrying capacity (LCC) methods serve us potential basis for landscape evaluation based on its extensive literature. This research presents an approach to LCC based landscape assessment as an intial step of territorial planning. This article presents an ecological approached method for simultaneus evaluation of landscape sensitivity (LSe) and landscape load (LLo) based on analytical hierarchy process combined with GIS tools. This method was applied in Keszthely Mountain, a rural landscape, in western Hungary. The assessment of LSe and also LLo based on five-five indicators (e.g., Ecosystem Diversity Sensitivity; In-year Permanently Bare Soil; Landscape Protection Sensitivity; Artificial Agricultural Land use Load; Linear Fragmentation Load; Lack of Vegetation). The final LCC composite was provided by a multi-step evaluation progress. Comparing the LSe composite to LLo composite showed the marginal areas of Keszthely Mountain are maximum or over loaded. The central area of Mountain is generally more loadable despite some existing loads such as infrastructure or mines. LCC evaluations should assess the main impact factors of landscape. However, potential developing points are the assessments of more specific fastors (e.g., extremities of climatic conditions, landscape suitability). Comparing the sustainable land use plan (or its scenarios) with local socio-economic needs and plans should be the second step of territorial planning. The evaluation and the sustainable land use plan provide more rationalised possibilities for socio-economic needs make more sustainable decisions, plans and strategies.
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